New TPC estimates show that combined individual income and payroll tax rates are quite progressive throughout the income distribution except at the very top.

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Universal service funds (USF) are set up by levies on telecoms in individual countries, which are then used to increase consumer access based on criteria such as income distribution, rural and urban population ratios, literacy and geography.

BBC: Rural and poor mobile access funds 'not being spent'